Walthour v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 35, April T., 1909, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1904, No. 89, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Anna M. Walthour v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ford, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 35, April T., 1909, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1904, No. 89, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Anna M. Walthour v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ford, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Defendant presented the following points: 3. If the jury believe the testimony that the train in question stopped long enough to allow other passengers to get on and off the train in safety, and that while it was so stopped other passengers actually did get off and a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The two assignments of error call for a consideration of the answers of the trial court to the third and fourth points presented by the defendant. The plaintiff's charge against the defendant was that she was a passenger on one of its regular passenger trains which stop according to schedule at Shady-*254side, her destination; that while in the act of alighting from the car in which she was riding the train was suddenly started with a jerk before she had reasonable time to alight, as a result of which she was thrown to the ground, and received the injury for which she…
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